Word Meanings - FLOAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight. 4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. Bacon. 5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. Mortimer.

Additional info about word: FLOAT

A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight. 4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. Bacon. 5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. Mortimer. (more info) fleótan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. sq. root 84. See Fleet, v. i., and 1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. This reform bill . . . had been used as a float by the conservative ministry. J. P. Peters. 2. A float board. See Float board .

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of FLOAT)

• Buoy
• Float
• support
• sustain
• elevate
• elate
• assure
• animate
• cheer
• inspire
• Rise Ascend
• mount
• float
• soar
• grow
• arise
• tower
• slope
• appear
• emerge
• spring
• originate
• extend
• expand
• swell
• increase
• excel
• prosper
• climb

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of FLOAT)

• Settle
• alight
• land
• drop
• arrive
• issue
• eventuate
• end
• terminate
• debouch
• disembogue
• Drop
• betray
• surrender
• abandon
• discontinue
• oppose
• discourage
• weaken
• exhaust
• thwart
• discountenance
• disfavor
• subvert
• suppress

Related words: (words related to FLOAT)

• MOUNTABLE
  Such as can be mounted.
• MOUNTING
  1. The act of one that mounts. 2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond.
• SUSTAIN
  F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
• ASSURER
  1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy.
• SPREADINGLY
  , adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton.
• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• ASCENDANCY; ASCENDANCE
  See ASCENDENCY
• MOUNTAINOUS
  1. Full of, or containing, mountains; as, the mountainous country of the Swiss. 2. Inhabiting mountains. Bacon. 3. Large as, or resembling, a mountain; huge; of great bulk; as, a mountainous heap. Prior.
• MOUNTAINOUSNESS
  The state or quality of being mountainous.
• SPRINGBOARD
  An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• SPRINGE
  A noose fastened to an elastic body, and drawn close with a sudden spring, whereby it catches a bird or other animal; a gin; a snare. As a woodcock to mine own springe. Shak.
• SPRINGAL
  An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
• CLIMB
  To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface. (more info) 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 2. To ascend as if with
• SPRINT
  To run very rapidly; to run at full speed. A runner should be able to sprint the whole way. Encyc. Brit. (more info) Etym:
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• SPRIGHTLY
  Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
• SUSTAINABLE
  Capable of being sustained or maintained; as, the action is not sustainable.
• DISCONTINUE
  To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
• SPRINKLING
  1. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles. Baptism may well enough be performed by sprinkling or effusion of water. Ayliffe. 2. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow. 3. Hence, a moderate
• DISPROPORTIONALLY
  In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
• UPCHEER
  To cheer up. Spenser.
• DISAPPEARING
  p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear. Disappearing carriage , a carriage for heavy coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
• REINCREASE
  To increase again.
• MANDELATE
  A salt of mandelic acid.
• DEMOUNT
  To dismount.
• REMERGE
  To merge again. "Remerging in the general Soul." Tennyson.
• DISPROPORTIONABLE
  Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
• DISPROPORTIONALITY
  The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.